Governor Hart Backs Kuykendall Appointment Despite Veteran Outcry
The article criticizes Governor Hart for appointing Senator Kuykendall to the public service commission, despite veterans’ opposition to his stance against the Lamping bill. It argues Kuykendall favors city merchants over veterans and calls the appointment disappointing to veterans and observers.
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Louis F. Hart
Kuykendall
Public Service Commission
Hart
Seattle
Lamping
Pomeroy
Samuel Cosgrove
Monarchical fortunes crumble in postwar distress
A historical column notes former rulers like Constantine of Greece, Nicholas of Montenegro, ex Kaiser Wilhelm, and Carl of Austria Hungary facing financial and social decay. It laments the era’s collapse of royal prestige and wonders if royal fiction and memoirs will survive this bankruptcy of nobility.
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Constantine
Greece
Venizelos
Athens
Kaiser Wilhelm
Nicholas
Montenegro
Paris
Kaiser Carl
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
Peter
Serbia
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
German Republic
Creation
Duchess
Walter Scott
Thackeray
Ouida
Marion Awford
Land policy warns of idle cut-over acres and rising food costs
The piece argues that millions of cut-over lands remain idle amid high prices, with owners hoarding 80 million acres held by 1,800 individuals. It urges reclaiming 160-acre farms for 500,000 farmers to boost food production and lower prices, criticizing land hoarding and noting regional concentrations.
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Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Congress
Canada
Theorthwest
Michi
Florida
America's Corn-Fed Philosopher
Dr Frank Crane presents a compendium of aphorisms from Ed Howe, lampooning city and country life, pretentious phrases, and social attitudes. He mocks prohibition rhetoric, Japanese stereotypes, hostess vanity, and the allure of a “Good Time,” arguing for plain speech and personal inquiry.
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America
Frank Crane
Ed Howe
Moore’s
Ritz
Los Angeles
California
Vacation by Edmund Vance Cooke
Poem praises escape from urban grind to nature’s balm and endless prairie. Speaker seeks relief from city burdens in woods and soil, finding renewal in vast open spaces and kinship with the land.
July 30 through history marks for Manhattan to Jamestown
On July 30 events echo across centuries including the Dutch retaking of Manhattan in 1674, Londonderry’s relief in 1689, Jamestown’s first colonial assembly in 1619, and William Penn’s death in 1718. Penn’s governance fostered a free trader society, secure treaties, and rapid colony growth.
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Manhattan
England
Netherlands
Duke of York
Evertsen
Zealand
New York
New Jersey
Londonderry
James II
Virginia
Jamestown
Legislative Assembly
America
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Penn
Charles 11
Air rights dispute over aerial taxis above Kansas City
A Kansas City resident argues that the air above his property is his sovereign domain and laments air gondolas and wind wagons trespassing. He imagines owners fencing the sky, charging tolls, and leasing air lots as aerial traffic becomes common. The piece riffs on future conflicts in property rights and air transit.
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Kansas City
A Word From Josh Wise Blends Comedy and Slams on Telephones
A humorous piece mocks telephone directory details and lists quirky names like AWGOWAN JAMES A and CARELESS MRS CISSIE. It satirizes call behavior with jests about police responses and noisy talkers. The quip ends with a democracy/tyranny aside.
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Awgowan
James A
Brutal
Omf Howe
Cissie
Green manuring and roadside tours in early summer
The old gardener promotes green manuring by sowing rye after early crops to add humus and reduce fertilizer costs. Hens can feed on rye in winter. A Montrose plan aims to intercept auto tourists for Ouray. Denver News notes Republican Hays doubts big corporate campaign gifts. Salvation Army drives commence.
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Montrose
Ouray
Denver News
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Lee
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Clarissa
Violet
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